23 OCTOBER 1999, page 33

Disney Derided

From Mrs Deborah Clarke Sir: It's all very well Matthew d'Ancona going dewy-eyed and philosophical over Disney's films ('Disney is the new Shake- speare', 16 October), but he is......

Cut-glass Prejudice

From Mr Desmond Briggs, JP Sir: Boris Johnson is right to draw attention to the cult of vocal correctness (Another voice, 9 October). 'Accentism' is not con- fined to the media:......

Snolching Lomu

From Ms Jenny Macrory Sir: Maybe Isaac Bull (Mind your language, 9 October) was a footballer who resented his mother's attempts to prevent him from achieving his goal on the......

From Mr Malcolm Jackson Sir: With Regard To Dot Wordsworth's

puz- zlement as to why we use the definite arti- cle with names of some roads and streets (16 October), I strongly suspect that the answer is as follows. Names that actually......

Letters An Austrian Thatcher

From Professor Reginald von Zugbach Sir: Nigel Jones's assessment of Austria's Herr Haider ('Austria's new H****r!', 16 October) is utterly wrong. Haider is anything but a......